Restaurant & Commercial Kitchen Electrical
Quick answer
Restaurant electrical from buildout to emergency service, kitchen equipment circuits, hood interlocks, dining lighting, and the panel capacity a modern line demands. We keep kitchens cooking.A commercial kitchen is the densest electrical load per square foot in retail: ovens, fryers, refrigeration, and hoods competing for panel space, all wrapped in health-code and fire-code requirements. We wire new builds, equipment swaps, and the 2 a.m. walk-in emergency.
About Restaurant & Commercial Kitchen Electrical
Restaurants concentrate more electrical risk than any comparable business: heat, grease, water, and maximum load all sharing a kitchen, with the margin for downtime measured in reservations. The electrical work has to respect all of it, equipment circuits sized to nameplates, GFCI where code and water meet, hood interlocks that satisfy the fire marshal, and panel headroom for the next equipment swap.
Our restaurant practice covers the lifecycle: new buildouts from the health-department drawings up, equipment changes (the new combi oven that needs 50 amps the panel doesn't have), lighting that sells the dining room, and emergency response when the walk-in dies on a Friday night.
The kitchen electrical checklist
- Dedicated circuits per equipment nameplate, no shared kitchen circuits
- Hood and make-up air interlocks wired to fire-suppression shunt trip
- GFCI protection matched to wet and prep zones
- Walk-in refrigeration on monitored, dedicated supply
- Panel schedule current after every equipment change, the audit item everyone fails
The walk-in rule and other lessons from restaurant calls
Refrigeration failures dominate restaurant emergency calls, and half trace to electrical decisions made years earlier: walk-ins sharing circuits with kitchen equipment (the fryer's draw browns out the compressor daily until it dies), missing dedicated protection, and nobody monitoring until the temperature alarm, if one exists, goes off at closing. The fix costs a fraction of one inventory loss: dedicated supply, quality protection, and a $50 temperature sensor that texts the manager.
The broader lesson generalizes: restaurant electrical decisions should be made per-equipment against nameplates, never by 'finding a spot on the panel.' Every shortcut in a kitchen's wiring eventually presents its invoice during a dinner rush, the only question is which Friday.
How it works
Free assessment
A licensed electrician evaluates your panel, capacity, and site at no cost.
Transparent quote
You get a clear, written, fixed price, no surprises, no pressure.
Professional install
Tesla-certified electricians complete the work to code, permit pulled.
Inspection & warranty
We schedule inspection and back the work with our workmanship guarantee.
What's included
- Licensed, insured & Tesla-certified electrician
- Free on-site assessment and load calculation
- Permit pulled and inspection scheduled
- All materials and code-compliant wiring
- Clean, professional install with cleanup
- Workmanship guarantee of up to 10 years
Get a free restaurant & commercial kitchen electrical estimate
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Book Your Free On-Site Assessment →Frequently asked questions
Usually yes, panel work schedules before prep hours, and equipment connections land between services. Most single-equipment additions complete without losing a service day.
Classic overload: equipment added over the years onto circuits sized for the original line. A load study maps it, and dedicated circuits for the offenders end the rush-hour roulette.
Yes, hood controls, make-up air interlocks, and fire-suppression shunt trips are standard scope, coordinated with your hood vendor and the fire marshal's inspection.
Yes, we wire to the equipment schedule the health department reviews, coordinate hood interlock testing with the fire marshal, and attend the inspections where the AHJ wants the electrician present.
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